Commentary
-Abu
Talib was a physical form of protection for the Prophet and Khadeejah was an
emotional one. Losing them both close simultaneously was extremely hard for the
Prophet.
-After
being rejected at Taif, Jibreel descended with the angel of the mountains and
offered for the town to be crushed by the surrounded mountains. The Prophet
refused and instead had optimism that from their loins there will be people who
will accept the call of Tawheed.
This
shows how much of a mercy the Prophet actual was. He chose guidance over
punishment, he chose the Akhirah over the Dunya and wasnted good for mankind
and not harm.
It
also shows that he knew that the final victory will always be for those who
have Taqwa and Subr.
-The
Prophet continued to call people to Islaam, especially during the Hajj season
when people used to come to Makkah. From them was Tufayl who came from Yemen
and he called him to Islam and he accepted and so did the entire tribe of Daws.
This
shows the power of Du’a, as the Prophet resorted to make Dua’ when tested with
the loss of life and the physical harmed he received from the people of Taif.
As a result, he was rewarded with success in his Da’wah.
Furthermore,
his optimism with this Tawakkul saw others enter into Islaam. It was during
this period that ‘Umar became Muslim. Previously, he hated Islam and severely
punished and harm Muslims. The Prophet made Du’a to give guidance to either
Umar bin al-Khattab or Abu Jahl, because now, the Prophet needed a powerhouse
to replace the physical security he lost in Abu Taalib. So Allaah accepted the
supplication and the result of this Du’a and optimism is that Islam had support
from a man than none other (except Abu Bakr) can match in this entire Ummah.
-Also
from the story of Tufayl we learn that name-calling and oppressing the truth
only leads to a good result for those who have Taqwa and Subr.
An
example of this is an incident report by Muslim in his Sahih. The people of
Quraysh would habitually call the Prophet a madman or someone who was possessed
by Jinn, in order ridicule his credibility and tarnish the authenticity of his
message.
A
man called Emaad al-Azdi, who was the chief of his tribe and also a spiritual
healer, came to Makkah sought to cure the Prophet of his illness. He was known
to perform Ruqyah with positive results and thought that he could benefit the
Prophet. But this actually worked in the Prophet’s favour. When he met the
Prophet, Emaad asked him to recite what he claimed was revelation. The Prophet
recited Khutbah al-Haajah (TN: it’s not even an excerpt of the Quraan). Emaad
was astonished and asked to hear it again. The Prophet accepted his request to
which Emaad al-Azdi proclaimed that this was not the speech of a madman nor
someone who is possessed, and then openly testified his submission to Allaah.
As he was the chief of his tribe, he gave the Prophet Bay’ah (allegiance of
support) on his own personal behalf and that of the rest of his tribe.
NOTE:
Ruqyah was previously practiced before Jaahiliyyah with practitioners making
Du’a to Allaah and using Dhikr which didn’t have Shirk.
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